Cuban Grandmaster José Raúl Capablanca was World Champion from 1921 to 1927. He was known for his immaculate endgame play. At times he was nearly impossible to defeat; between 1916 and 1924, he lost one game.
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Which classic chess books are in the public domain?
While looking through Project Gutenberg I noticed that Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is there (I believe that should mean it is in the Public Domain). I was also able to find Modern Ideas in Chess ...
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Why did Black resign this game?
This is a game between Jose Raul Capablanca and Viacheslav Ragozin, Moscow 1935:
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.e4 e5 8.Bd3 c5 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7? 11.f3 Nd7 ...
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Is there a good book on the 1927 Capablanca-Alekhine world championship match?
To disambiguate what I mean by the shorthand "good" in the question's title:
Is there an English-language book that tells the story of the 1927 world championship match between Capablanca and ...
